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Elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control, with the Labour Party overtaking the Liberal Democrats as the largest party and resuming control of the council after a two-year break.
20 seats were contested, with the Labour Party winning 10 seats, the Conservatives 7 and the Liberal Democrats 3Overall turnout was 34.3%.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 10 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 50.0 | 37.7 | 25,452 | +5.8% | |
Conservative | 7 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 35.0 | 40.1 | 27,096 | +3.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 15.0 | 18.9 | 12,789 | -11.0% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1,500 | +1.9% | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 379 | +0.3% | |
Veritas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 288 | +0.4% |
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
20 | 19 | 21 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |
After the election the composition of the council was:
22 | 21 | 17 |
Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Walsh | 2,424 | 65.3 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Muhammad Rafiq | 686 | 18.5 | -1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jaleh Salari | 351 | 9.5 | -8.7 | |
Socialist Labour | Howard Broadbent | 250 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 1,738 | 46.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,711 | 36.0 | -4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | LD to Soc Lab 7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Brierley | 2,319 | 64.3 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Janice Sutton | 751 | 20.8 | -0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Howarth | 539 | 14.9 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 1,568 | 43.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,609 | 39.0 | -6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | LD to Con 4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynda Byrne | 1,435 | 45.6 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Richard Elliot | 1,358 | 43.2 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Hill | 351 | 11.2 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 77 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,144 | 31.0 | -4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Greenhalgh | 2,725 | 65.0 | -0.2 | |
Labour | Anthony Terrible | 712 | 17.0 | -2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive Atty | 462 | 11.0 | -4.4 | |
Green | Elizbaeth Spencer | 297 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 2,013 | 47.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,191 | 40.0 | -8.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | LD to Green 5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sufrana Bashir-Ismail | 1,932 | 44.7 | +21.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Valibhai Patel | 1,132 | 26.2 | -25.6 | |
Conservative | Donald Fairclough | 941 | 21.8 | +0.1 | |
Veritas | Anthony Backhouse | 190 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Lynne Lowe | 129 | 3.0 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 800 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,324 | 43.0 | +0.0 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | LD to Labour 23.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Noel Spencer | 1,296 | 58.9 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Taylor | 509 | 23.1 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Connor | 394 | 17.9 | -9.1 | |
Majority | 787 | 35.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,199 | 21.0 | -6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mohammed Ayub | 1,889 | 58.7 | +19.4 | |
Conservative | Christine Wild | 669 | 20.8 | -19.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gulamali Jiva | 335 | 10.4 | -10.2 | |
Green | Alan Johnson | 327 | 10.2 | +10.2 | |
Majority | 1,220 | 37.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,220 | 34.0 | -4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Labour 19.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Akhtar Zaman | 2,289 | 69.4 | +12.2 | |
Conservative | Jamie Douglas | 605 | 18.3 | -2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nathan Biney | 404 | 12.2 | -10.2 | |
Majority | 1,684 | 51.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,298 | 34.0 | -1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 11.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Laurence Williamson | 1,194 | 49.4 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Tyler | 768 | 31.8 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Willis | 454 | 18.8 | -10.4 | |
Majority | 426 | 17.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,416 | 25.0 | -5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Labour 8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Colin Shaw | 3,329 | 69.0 | +6.4 | |
Labour | John Gillatt | 828 | 17.2 | -1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Snowden | 668 | 13.8 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 2,501 | 51.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,825 | 46.0 | -7.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | LD to Con 5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Hollick | 1,151 | 35.1 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Isabel Seddon | 1,105 | 33.7 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Cronnolley | 1,025 | 31.2 | -5.4 | |
Majority | 46 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,281 | 35.0 | -7.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | LD to Con 4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Rock | 1,449 | 40.0 | -16.4 | |
Conservative | Stephen Wallen | 1,169 | 32.3 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Madeline Murray | 1,004 | 27.7 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 280 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,622 | 38.0 | -8.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | LD to Con 12.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Morgan | 1,741 | 53.5 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Romanna Kowalczuk | 1,051 | 32.3 | -1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linden Greensitt | 463 | 14.2 | -7.3 | |
Majority | 690 | 21.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,255 | 33.0 | -8.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | LD to Con 8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Burrows | 1,158 | 42.5 | +10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Collison | 1,079 | 39.6 | -16.6 | |
Conservative | Diane Bamber | 487 | 17.9 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 79 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,724 | 28.0 | -5.0 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | LD to Labour 13.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sean Hornby | 1,573 | 42.0 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | David Broadie | 1,427 | 38.1 | -0.1 | |
Green | Alwynne Cartmell | 345 | 9.2 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Connor | 298 | 8.0 | -6.0 | |
Veritas | William Jones | 98 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 146 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,741 | 40.0 | -4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | LD to Green 4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ismail Ibrahim | 2,028 | 68.5 | +22.5 | |
Conservative | John Heyes | 932 | 31.5 | +15.4 | |
Majority | 1,096 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,960 | 29.0 | -9.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Silvester | 1,621 | 42.4 | -10.3 | |
Conservative | Dennis Bray | 1,345 | 35.1 | +12.3 | |
Labour | Joseph Hayes | 861 | 22.5 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 276 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,827 | 38.0 | -4.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | LD to Con 11.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicholas Peel | 1,598 | 54.2 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Mudasir Dean | 874 | 29.6 | -6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Harasiwka | 252 | 8.5 | -2.8 | |
Green | James Tomkinson | 227 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 724 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,951 | 31.0 | -6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | Con to Green 7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Higson | 1,486 | 43.1 | +10.3 | |
Labour | David Chadwick | 1,146 | 33.2 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Gilfallan | 515 | 14.9 | -23.4 | |
Green | Eric Hyland | 304 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
Majority | 342 | 9.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,451 | 35.0 | -8.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | LD to Con 16.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Julia Silvester | 997 | 36.3 | -11.0 | |
Labour | Barbara Ramsden | 916 | 33.3 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Michael Baker | 837 | 30.4 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 81 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,750 | 30.0 | -6.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | LD to Con 8.6 |
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